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unappeasability

|un-ap-pease-a-bi-li-ty|

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/ˌʌnəˌpiːzəˈbɪləti/

not able to be appeased

Etymology
Etymology Information

'unappeasability' originates from Modern English, specifically formed from the negative prefix 'un-' (from Old English 'un-') + the verb 'appease' + the nominal suffix '-ability'/'-ity', where 'un-' meant 'not' and 'appease' meant 'to pacify'.

Historical Evolution

'appease' comes from Old French 'apaisier' (to pacify), ultimately from Latin roots related to 'pacificare'; Middle English and Early Modern English produced forms such as 'appease' and 'appeasable', later yielding the negative adjective 'unappeasable' and the noun-forming 'unappeasability' in modern English.

Meaning Changes

Initially based on the sense 'not able to be pacified' (from 'appease'), the term has come to be used more broadly to describe an extreme unwillingness or inability to be satisfied or placated in many contexts (personal, political, etc.).

Meanings by Part of Speech

Noun 1

the quality or state of being impossible or very difficult to appease; an inability or unwillingness to be pacified, satisfied, or placated.

The negotiators were frustrated by the leader's unappeasability, which made compromise impossible.

Synonyms

implacabilityinexorabilityintransigenceobstinacy

Antonyms

appeasabilityconciliabilityplacabilitytractability

Last updated: 2025/12/20 04:27